解析《美国悲剧》中消费主义的社会层化作用

运用经济学、社会学领域关于消费主义理论和社会分层的研究方法,从消费语境下日益凸显的下层群体和上层群体之间的不同消费方式和生活方式、下层与上层之间的越界与排斥等视角解析<美国悲剧>这部公认的伟大作品.旨在探讨消费主义对美国社会结构的巨大层化作用.研究认为把消费看作是人生最高目的的消费主义对美国社会结构的演变产生了不可估量的影响,消费主义思想意识是加速美国社会群体层化的深层根源.其负面影响对如今经济发展与构建和谐社会仍具警示作用.

An exploration of the social stratification function of consumerism in An American Tragedy

The essay employs theories and approaches of sociology and economics in the area of social stratification and consumerism to analyze the great works, An American Tragedy in order to explore the prominent influence of consumerism on the stratification of American society, in the perspective of the growing gaps between social groups enlarged and the increasing tendency of convergence and exclusion among social individuals caused by consumer-ism. The conclusion of the study indicates that consumerism greatly accelerates the process of stratification in Amer-ican social structure. The obvious negative impacts of consumerism are the key factors leading to American tragedy which serves to be an alert while developing economy and constructing the harmonious society.